Cooperative Agreement FA70002020010

This NASA Science Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.001 - Science) Cooperative Agreement award of $200,000 to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) supports Phase A studies for the PO instrument. The key activities include: Refining the instrument's mechanical design, power, and FPGA boards, as well as participating in the interface control document (ICD) development. To support these Phase A activities, UCLA will develop an Engineering Development Model (EDM) and test critical...

This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) federal grant program to Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business in Aurora, Colorado. The award is funding the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites, utilizing a novel metamaterial based on graphene composite. The key innovation behind the proposed solution is the use of unresolved...

This $600,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) under the CFDA Program 81.135 Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy has a period of performance from January 29, 2024 to July 28, 2025. The purpose of this award is to develop an aviation contrail prediction and observation system that utilizes satellite data and an ensemble of physics and machine learning models. This system is intended to be used by airlines to mitigate the climate...

This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $1,600,589.00 to the University of Central Florida (UCF) to conduct research on a "HYPERSONIC MACH10OD FLIGHT EXPERIMENT FOR HIGH-SPEED PROPULSION DETONATION FUNDAMENTALS." The award period runs from February 15, 2025 to February 14, 2026. The objective of this research is to advance the scientific understanding of high-speed propulsion...

This $199,600 cooperative agreement from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will fund research at Kepler Aerospace LTD in Midland, Texas from February 2, 2021 through August 2, 2021. The research supports DARPA's Defense Sciences Office and will investigate new propulsion concepts, as outlined in the proposal titled "Anticipating Surprise: New Propulsion Concepts." The award falls under the Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910), which provides support...

The federal Project Grant award of $602,867.00 from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300) will support "DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF DETONATION-DRIVERS FOR HYPERVELOCITY EXPANSION TUBE GROUND TESTING" at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from December 1, 2024 to November 30, 2025. This research project aims to advance the scientific understanding and capabilities related to hypervelocity expansion tube ground...

This federal Project Grant award, valued at $320,544.16, was provided by the Office of Naval Research under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300). The funding supports research at Georgia TECH Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, to study the "Group Dynamics of Reacting Jets in Crossflow." This research aims to advance fundamental and applied scientific knowledge with potential to enhance naval operations. The award has a...

This $244,849 Project Grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Technology Mission Directorate (CFDA 43.012) supports research and development of stabilized z-pinch fusion driven electromagnetic propulsion technologies at the University of Texas at Austin. The award, running from May 2025 to May 2028, aims to advance innovative spacecraft propulsion capabilities that could transform future space exploration missions. The university's extensive research and...

This federal Project Grant award of $259,749.00 was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University to support the project "PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY FOR NOVEL MOLECULAR PROPELLANTS." The project aims to conduct fundamental and applied scientific research on advanced plasma mass spectrometry techniques for the development of novel molecular propellants. This research effort is intended to maintain...

This $119,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Navy's Office of Naval Research (CFDA 12.300 - Basic and Applied Scientific Research) supports The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in developing "ADAPTIVE, DIFFERENTIABLE, DIGITAL UAS PROPULSION MODELS" from September 2024 through September 2027. As a leading Hispanic-serving research university, UTEP will leverage its expertise in areas such as aerospace engineering, advanced manufacturing, and materials...